Garment-hanger.



M. O. PENLAND.

GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6, 190a.

Patented Nov.3, 1908.

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MARGELLUS O. PENLAND, OF NEW PAR-IS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HENRY A.

WEHRLY, OF NEW PARIS, OHIO.

GARMENT-HANGER.

Application filed April 6,

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARonLLUs O. PEN- LAND, a citizen of the United States, residing in New Paris, in the county of Preble, and in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hangers, of which the following is a full and comprehensive specification and exposition, being such as will enable others skilled in the art to which the invention relates to make and use the same with exactitude.

The object of my present invention, broadly speaking, is to provide a garment hanger which will be neat and attractive in appearance, strong and durable in construction, and which can be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low price.

A more particularv object is to provide a hanger intended, primarily, for gentlemens garments such as coats, vests, trousers and hats or the like, and to provide means whereby the garments may be easily placed in position and readily removed. And, finally, my object is to provide a relatively rigid garment hanger having means whereby the user thereof may have both of his hands free to manipulate the garment relating thereto.

Other objects and particular advantages will present themselves in the course of the ensuing specification.

The preferred manner for carrying out my invention in a practical an d artistic manner is shown in the accompanying crawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a front elevation of my in vention; and Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of the same.

Similar indices denote like parts throughout the two views of the drawings.

I will now take up a detail description of the invention and I will set forth the con struction and intended utilization thereof as briefly and as comprehensively as I may.

Referring now to the drawings in detail: The letter A denotes a relatively fixed ele ment, as a wall or the like, to which my invention may be secured, as will hereinafter be fully set forth.

The invention proper comprises the wallplate 1, having the arm 2 extending out horizont ally from the upper portion thereof. The outer minor portion of the arm 2 curves slightly upward, forming the hook 3, which latter terminates in a knob 4. Extending down vertically from the outer portion of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908. 1908. Serial No. 425,299.

arm 2 is the stem 5, the same being substantially parallel with the wall A, and its lower end being substantially even with the lower end of the wall-plate 1. Extending back toward the wall from the lower end of the stem 5 is a relatively short finger 6 which terminates in two oppositely disposed parallel ears, 7 and 8, whose rear faces are parallel with the wall A. Also extending back toward the wall from the central portion of the stem 5 is a relatively long finger 9 which also terminates in two oppositely disposed cars, 10 and 11, whose rear faces are parallel with each other and with the wall A. Extending forward from the stem 5, midway of the fingers 6 and 9, is a hook 12 which curves upward and terminates in the knob 18. It should be noticed that the members 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 are formed integral with each other, that is to say,-they are formed in a single metal casting, or the like. Apertures are formed through. the wall-plate 1 for the screws 14, 15 and 16, whereby the bracket thus formed may be secured to the wall thereby.

The numeral 1 7 designates a curved hangerarm, secured in its center to the rear faces of the ears 7 and 8 by the screws 18 and 19, there being apertures ears through which said screws are inserted to engage the hanger-arm 17.

The numeral 20 denotes a second curved hanger-arm, secured in its center to the rear faces of the ears 10 and 11 by the screws 21 and 22, there being apertures formed through said ears through which said screws may be inserted to engage the hanger-arm 20.

Secured to and extending out from the face of the hanger-arm 17, and located near each end thereof, are the two screw-hooks 23 and 24, for the purposes hereinafter set forth.

The utilization of my invention is as follows: The device is first secured to the wall where desired and Where it should perma nentlyremain. by both hands of the operator and opened out and then brought over either of the hanger-arms 17 or 20 and there suspended in the usual manner, with the front of the garment facing outward. A pair of trousers may be suspended from the hooks 23 and 24. Hats or other articles may be suspended on the hooks 3 and 12.

In practice it is a well known fact that the usual swinging hangers are suspended from formed through said The coat or vest may be taken s aced a single point and that they are i1iisatisfa0- the stem, and outwardly extending hooks 5 tory for the reason that they have to be taken 1 terminating in knobs, all formed integral .own and one hand of the operator must be with each other; a hanger-arm secured to the employed to hold the hanger, these objecrear ends of each of said fingers; means for tions I have overcome in this invention, rigidly securing the hanger-arms in position; which allows the operator to use both his hands to place his coat in position. I position, allsubstantially as set forth.

Having now fully shown and described my In testimony whereof I have hereunto subinvention, what I claim anddesire to secure scribed my name to this specification in the by Letters Patent of the United States, ispresence of two subscribing witnesses.

A garment hanger comprising; a bracket MAROELLUS O. PENLAND. composed of a wall-plate, an outwardly ex- Witnesses: tending arm, a downwardly extending stem, R. W. RANDLE, fingers of unequal lengths extending in from f R. E. RANDLE.

and means for rigidly securing the bracket in 20 

